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Monday, June 23, 2014

Don’t forget to stop by on Saturday, June 28! The book sale begins at 8 a.m. and the Ice Cream Social at 11 a.m., also bidding for the Dresden Plate quilt donated by the Bag Ladies continues throughout the day.

Third grader Judy Moody is planning the most super-duper summer ever with best friends Rocky and Amy in “Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer.” The movie will be shown on Thursday, July 3 at 1:30 p.m. The library provides the popcorn; please bring your own drinks.

The library will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2014 for Independence Day. Regular hours resume at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 7.

“Resistant” is Michael Palmer’s newest book. Dr, Lou Welcome’s best friend, Cap Duncan, injures his leg while running. Surgeons manage to save the leg but the open wound is the perfect breeding ground for a deadly microbial invader committed to eating Cap alive from the inside out. The germ is resistant to any known antibiotic. Turning to the Center of Disease Control for help, Lou discovers a link to a group known as the "One Hundred Neighbors" who will stop at nothing to further its agenda - even deadly germs.

Other new fiction books are “A Family Affair” by Fern Michaels, “Bastion” by Mercedes Lackey, “In the Course of Human Events” by Mike Harvkey, “Undetected” by Dee Henderson, “Seasons of Tomorrow” by Cindy Woodsmall “Sniper Elite: One Way Trip” by Scott McEwen, “Holding a Tender Heart” by Jerry S. Eicher, “Otherwise Engaged” by Amanda Quick and “Deadly Silence” by Lindsay McKenna. A new title for the young adult is “The Inventors” by Andrea Cremer.

New adult non-fiction books are “Birdmen: the Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies” by Lawrence Goldstone, “Smart Money Smart Kids: Raising the Next Generation to Win with Money” by Dave Ramsey and “Jamie Durie’s Edible Garden Design” by Jamie Durie.

The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children's Library has these new junior books, “The Escape” by Kathryn Lasky, “Almost Super” by Marion Jensen, “The New Kid” by Tim Green, and “Perfect Game” by Matt Christopher. New easy titles include “Peanut Butter and Jellyfish” by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, “There Once Was a Cowpoke Who Swallowed an Ant” by Helen Ketteman, and “Professor Whiskerton Presents Steampunk ABC” by Lisa Falkenstern.